ranks among the most valuable historical resources in the Czech Republic. The Charter and Library
Instruction were drawn up in 1694 under the Liechtenstein administration. Any further expensesand
the wage of the librarian were covered by special grant at the amount of 10 Rhenish guldens. After
the Great Firein 1752, the library wing on the second floor was built within the scopeof reconstruction
works. The ceiling of the Great Library Hall was decorated by J. Stern in 1758 prior tothe decoration
of the neighbouring Minor Hall by the same painter. The library keeps 33 641 volumes, including 304
manuscripts and 180 incunabulas. 1178 prints were made in the 16th century, another 20 thousand
pieceswere printed before 1800.

The part of the books from the library you can see in the digitizing form on the htttp://digi.azz.cz/